<br>'''Lower Norfolk County, Virginia''' genealogy and family history research page. Guide to '''Lower Norfolk County''' (established 1637) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including wills, deeds and land records, family histories, cemeteries, and churches.

Lower Norfolk was a county, now extinct, in seventeenth-century Virginia.

Lower Norfolk was a county, now extinct, in seventeenth-century Virginia.

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== County Courthouse ==

== County Courthouse ==

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The original records of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia are now held at the Chesapeake City Courthouse, Chesapeake, Va. and at the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

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The original records of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia are now held at the Chesapeake City Courthouse, Chesapeake, Va. and at the [[Library of Virginia]], Richmond, Va.

== History ==

== History ==

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==== Parent County ====

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==== Parent County<br> ====

'''1637'''-- [[New Norfolk County, Virginia|New Norfolk]] County was split and renamed [[Upper Norfolk County, Virginia|Upper Norfolk]] and Lower Norfolk.

'''1637'''-- [[New Norfolk County, Virginia|New Norfolk]] County was split and renamed [[Upper Norfolk County, Virginia|Upper Norfolk]] and Lower Norfolk.

*'''[Belt]''' Belt, Walter E., Richard N. Belt, Beverly Redman Reeves Watts, and Evelyne J. Keith. ''About 900 Descendants of Humphrey Belt: Born About 1615 Probably in Scotland, Died 1696 in Maryland, USA, Sailed from Gravesend, England, on the Ship America, Landed at Jamestown, Virginia on 23 July 1635. He is Generally Accepted as the Progenitor of All Present-day Belts in the United States''. Flatonia, Tex.: W.E. Belt, 1997. {{FHL|777614|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 B419bwe}}; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH8,69249 BYU&nbsp;Family History Archives].

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*'''[Belt]''' Belt, Walter E., Richard N. Belt, Beverly Redman Reeves Watts, and Evelyne J. Keith. ''About 900 Descendants of Humphrey Belt: Born About 1615 Probably in Scotland, Died 1696 in Maryland, USA, Sailed from Gravesend, England, on the Ship America, Landed at Jamestown, Virginia on 23 July 1635. He is Generally Accepted as the Progenitor of All Present-day Belts in the United States''. Flatonia, Tex.: W.E. Belt, 1997. {{FHL|777614|title-id|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B419bwe}}; digital version at {{FSbook|77683}} - free.

*'''[Hargrave]''' Hargrave, Helena M. Goodale. ''Hargrave Forebears:&nbsp;A Genealogy and History of Some Descendants of Richard Hargrave, Sr. of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1634-1968, with Notes on the English Family Background of Richard and Other Hargrave Families in America''. Walnut Creek, Calif.: H.G. Hargrave, 1968. {{FHL|497824|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 H223hh}}.

*'''[Hargrave]''' Hargrave, Helena M. Goodale. ''Hargrave Forebears:&nbsp;A Genealogy and History of Some Descendants of Richard Hargrave, Sr. of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1634-1968, with Notes on the English Family Background of Richard and Other Hargrave Families in America''. Walnut Creek, Calif.: H.G. Hargrave, 1968. {{FHL|497824|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 H223hh}}.

*'''[Keeling]''' Walter, Alice Granbery. ''The 17th Century Families of John Martin &amp; Thomas Keeling of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia ("Linhaven Pish," Princess Anne County, Virginia) and the Original Owners and Chain of Title to the Land Called "Ye Dudlies": The First Few Generations and Intermarriages of Both Families: Other Surnames Include Bray, Dyer, Hall, Jermy, Land, Linton, Lawson, Lovett, Okeham, Snail, Richason, Ward, Watson, et al.'' Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1974. {{FHL|161797|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 M364w}}.

*'''[Keeling]''' Walter, Alice Granbery. ''The 17th Century Families of John Martin &amp; Thomas Keeling of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia ("Linhaven Pish," Princess Anne County, Virginia) and the Original Owners and Chain of Title to the Land Called "Ye Dudlies": The First Few Generations and Intermarriages of Both Families: Other Surnames Include Bray, Dyer, Hall, Jermy, Land, Linton, Lawson, Lovett, Okeham, Snail, Richason, Ward, Watson, et al.'' Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1974. {{FHL|161797|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 M364w}}.

*'''[Keeling]''' Walter, Alice Granbery. ''Alexander Keeling, Son of Thomas Keeling the Progenitor, 1649-1775: This is a Continueing [sic] Chart from Thomas Keeling I, and Should Be Added to the Previously Published "The 17th Century Families of John Martin and Thomas Keeling" of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia''. Virginia City, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. {{FHL|161875|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1170}}.

*'''[Keeling]''' Walter, Alice Granbery. ''Alexander Keeling, Son of Thomas Keeling the Progenitor, 1649-1775: This is a Continueing [sic] Chart from Thomas Keeling I, and Should Be Added to the Previously Published "The 17th Century Families of John Martin and Thomas Keeling" of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia''. Virginia City, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. {{FHL|161875|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1170}}.

Philip Alexander Bruce's book [http://books.google.com/books?id=OCgSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA334&dq=%22William+Atterbury%22+Virginia&hl=en&ei=8PQpTKm3KpPinAeBovjVDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Atterbury%22%20Virginia&f=false ''Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'' (Vol. II, 1896, p. 334 footnote 1)] includes a list of early English merchants in Lower Norfolk County.

Philip Alexander Bruce's book [http://books.google.com/books?id=OCgSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA334&dq=%22William+Atterbury%22+Virginia&hl=en&ei=8PQpTKm3KpPinAeBovjVDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Atterbury%22%20Virginia&f=false ''Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'' (Vol. II, 1896, p. 334 footnote 1)] includes a list of early English merchants in Lower Norfolk County.

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==== Periodicals ====

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''The Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Antiquary'' (1899-1905) includes many items of interest to genealogists. All five volumes are available online for free:

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Lower Norfolk County, Virginia genealogy and family history research page. Guide to Lower Norfolk County (established 1637) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including wills, deeds and land records, family histories, cemeteries, and churches.

Lower Norfolk was a county, now extinct, in seventeenth-century Virginia.

[Basnett] Schoonover, Charlene Basnett. The Basnett Family: A Genealogical Data with Brief Biographical Sketches and History of the Basnett Family in the United States. Haven, Kansas: C.B. Schoonover, 1982. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free; FHL Book 929.273 B293s.

[Belt] Belt, Walter E., Richard N. Belt, Beverly Redman Reeves Watts, and Evelyne J. Keith. About 900 Descendants of Humphrey Belt: Born About 1615 Probably in Scotland, Died 1696 in Maryland, USA, Sailed from Gravesend, England, on the Ship America, Landed at Jamestown, Virginia on 23 July 1635. He is Generally Accepted as the Progenitor of All Present-day Belts in the United States. Flatonia, Tex.: W.E. Belt, 1997. FHL Book 929.273 B419bwe; digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

[Hargrave] Hargrave, Helena M. Goodale. Hargrave Forebears: A Genealogy and History of Some Descendants of Richard Hargrave, Sr. of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, 1634-1968, with Notes on the English Family Background of Richard and Other Hargrave Families in America. Walnut Creek, Calif.: H.G. Hargrave, 1968. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H223hh.

[Keeling] Walter, Alice Granbery. The 17th Century Families of John Martin & Thomas Keeling of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia ("Linhaven Pish," Princess Anne County, Virginia) and the Original Owners and Chain of Title to the Land Called "Ye Dudlies": The First Few Generations and Intermarriages of Both Families: Other Surnames Include Bray, Dyer, Hall, Jermy, Land, Linton, Lawson, Lovett, Okeham, Snail, Richason, Ward, Watson, et al. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M364w.

[Keeling] Walter, Alice Granbery. Alexander Keeling, Son of Thomas Keeling the Progenitor, 1649-1775: This is a Continueing [sic] Chart from Thomas Keeling I, and Should Be Added to the Previously Published "The 17th Century Families of John Martin and Thomas Keeling" of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia City, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1975. FHL US/CAN Pedigree File, PEDIGREE no. 1170.

[Martin] Walter, Alice Granbery. The 17th Century Families of John Martin & Thomas Keeling of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia ("Linhaven Pish," Princess Anne County, Virginia) and the Original Owners and Chain of Title to the Land Called "Ye Dudlies": The First Few Generations and Intermarriages of Both Families: Other Surnames Include Bray, Dyer, Hall, Jermy, Land, Linton, Lawson, Lovett, Okeham, Snail, Richason, Ward, Watson, et al. Virginia Beach, Va.: A.G. Walter, 1974. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M364w.

[Newton] "Notes and Queries," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39 (1885):194. Digital versions at Google Books and New England Ancestors ($). [Announces plans of Mr. Virginius Newton to publish a family history on the Newtons of Lower Norfolk, Nansemond, and Stafford counties.]

[Watford] Coulliette, James Horace. The Watford Family: The Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Joseph Watford, Born ca. 1680 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Chevy Chase, Md.: M.J. Phillips, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W32c.

[White] White, James Bruce. "The White Family of Norfolk County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1998):29-43. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg.

Immigration

Headright grants identify many Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Genealogy immigrants who arrived before 1720.[1] The Virginia Immigration article provides tips about using this source.

Additional resources include:

Lea, J. Henry. "Certificates of Head Rights in the County Court of Lower Norfolk, Virginia," [1630s-1650s] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 47 (1893):60-71. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and New England Ancestors ($). [Includes extensive notes further identifying persons who appear in these records.]

Land

Land Grants and Patents

Lea, J. Henry. "Certificates of Head Rights in the County Court of Lower Norfolk, Virginia," [1630s-1650s] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 47 (1893):60-71. Digital versions at Google Books, Internet Archive, and New England Ancestors ($). [Includes extensive notes further identifying persons who appear in these records.]